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1935 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Hooper Sports Saloon For Sale | | |
| | http://www.realcar.co.uk/20_25_gbj16.htm | With the exception of the rather brash modern colour scheme, this is a remarkably correct, sound and original car, with an interesting early history, being used by R-R when new as a ‘trials’ car. Featured in two issues of the 1936 ‘Rolls-Royce Bulletin’, then painted Blue and (unusually for the time) Silver, the colours being divided in the same way as they are now. Running well, very sound, with original leather interior, now back in the UK after a long spell in the USA, on its original registration number, and MoT tested until July 2013.
Chassis No. GBJ16. Reg No. BYU 159.
Snippets:
GBJ16 was portrayed in the Illustrated London News in March 1936 in the feature “Motoring in the Spring” by H Thornton Rutter – author of “Modern Motors” in 1920 & “Motors of Today” in 1929. The first name on the chassis cards is John Ford Darling (1864/1938) who had started his banking career in India & Scotland & concluding it by becoming MD of the London Joint City & Midland Bank. A keen car enthusiast he also owned an Armstrong Siddeley which he had purchased in 1934, JFD passed away on Christmas Day 1938. After his death GBJ16 was acquired by R D Ewart of Edinburgh whose company had the unusual name of “The EUK Manufacturing Co” who produced electrical items ranging from Toasters to Vertical Table Grinders. In the late 1800’s RD Ewart’s address of 25 Rutland Square had been the residence of Robert Cox, Scottish lawyer, phrenologist & an anti-sabbatarian. His attention was drawn to the Sabbath question when the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway Co withdrew their limited Sunday passenger trains yet still ran the goods-train; this so enraged Robert Cox that he became a shareholder in order to put forward his views on the matter at the shareholder’s meetings! In 1901 the property was used as the business premises of Hippolyte J Blanc & Son, architects. Hippolyte J Blanc (1844/1917) was involved in the design & restoration many prominent Scottish buildings including John Knox House, Edinburgh; Edinburgh Castle; Bangour Village Asylum & Jedburgh Parish Church. Whilst in the USA GBJ16 was in Flagstaff, Arizona – the town was named on Independence Day in 1876 when a centennial flag was flow from the tallest pine tree in order to act as a guide to travellers.
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